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LordTheNightKnight on 24 January 2010
BrandonM said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
BrandonM said:
gamefreak4ever said:
The_vagabond7 said:
That's an incredibly depressing list. Did anybody actually read it? It's sad, I love my wii, but I wouldn't touch the majority of those games with a ten foot pole, let alone play them.


Its sad...cause its true...

Yep so sad......imagine of 3rd parties put ALL AAA games on Wii, at least developers would probably be making money and the industry wouldn't be dying huh:)

But their vision is more important! I mean, look at Final Fantasy XIII. They got all those amazing graphics in game... or not.

Just think about all the many people that lost their jobs because of this, look at all the money they lost, (I know it's not all FFXIII's fault but it's sad IMO) FFXIII is a pretty blood stained game imo:'(

Wait. What? There are reports of money and jobs lost because of that game?



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Arius Dion on 24 January 2010
LordTheNightKnight said:
BrandonM said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
BrandonM said:
gamefreak4ever said:
The_vagabond7 said:
That's an incredibly depressing list. Did anybody actually read it? It's sad, I love my wii, but I wouldn't touch the majority of those games with a ten foot pole, let alone play them.


Its sad...cause its true...

Yep so sad......imagine of 3rd parties put ALL AAA games on Wii, at least developers would probably be making money and the industry wouldn't be dying huh:)

But their vision is more important! I mean, look at Final Fantasy XIII. They got all those amazing graphics in game... or not.

Just think about all the many people that lost their jobs because of this, look at all the money they lost, (I know it's not all FFXIII's fault but it's sad IMO) FFXIII is a pretty blood stained game imo:'(

Wait. What? There are reports of money and jobs lost because of that game?

My question exactly.



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The_vagabond7 on 24 January 2010
LordTheNightKnight said:
BrandonM said:
gamefreak4ever said:
The_vagabond7 said:
That's an incredibly depressing list. Did anybody actually read it? It's sad, I love my wii, but I wouldn't touch the majority of those games with a ten foot pole, let alone play them.


Its sad...cause its true...

Yep so sad......imagine of 3rd parties put ALL AAA games on Wii, at least developers would probably be making money and the industry wouldn't be dying huh:)

But their vision is more important! I mean, look at Final Fantasy XIII. They got all those amazing graphics in game... or not.

So the lesson here is....if you can't achieve 100% of your vision, then don't bother trying and just sell out for the masses? I really don't think you can fault developers for wanting to make the best games they can, even if making a cheap gimped version would be more profitable. Good lesson kids, take that one to heart.



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LordTheNightKnight on 24 January 2010

"So the lesson here is....if you can't achieve 100% of your vision, then don't bother trying and just sell out for the masses?"

No, the lesson is stop thinking of games as a vision, and even if you had one, stop thinking of it in terms of specs over your own talent and creativity.

"I really don't think you can fault developers for wanting to make the best games they can"

They aren't trying to do that. They're trying to make the flashiest games they can, and focusing less and less on the actual game part. If they simply wanted the biggest, baddest games possible, that would be cool.



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Huya on 24 January 2010

Well I like flashy games._.



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LordTheNightKnight on 24 January 2010

"Well I like flashy games._."

It's not the flash. It's the "more flash, less game, because we think that's what games are all about" mentality. Flash can be good as just the cherry on top of an awesome game, like Resident Evil 4 or Saints Row 2 (which is basically a prettier, larger GTA III, with better controls and performance).



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Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

Ail on 24 January 2010
TheConduit said:
Most million sellers for a console with less than 50% market share ever.

in your dreams maybe.

The 360 has 90 million sellers......



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

Cheebee on 24 January 2010

I wonder if Endless Ocean will eventually manage 1 million... It's at 0.98m atm, and maybe the upcoming sequel will initiate a bit of renewed interest in the game... Who knows.



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LordTheNightKnight on 24 January 2010
Ail said:
TheConduit said:
Most million sellers for a console with less than 50% market share ever.

in your dreams maybe.

The 360 has 90 million sellers......

We already brought that up.



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

Ail on 24 January 2010
LordTheNightKnight said:
morenoingrato said:
how many million sellers does the 360 have?
i don't know, I see that as a better acomplishment considering 360 has less userbase

It's not, because userbase only matters when you need or try to sell more games than a system. Both systems have games people want to buy. That third parties think their games magically won't sell on the Wii (because the Wii magically made Madworld not sell, not that it was short and had no replay value) is why most of their hits are on the other systems.

yep it's a well known fact that the lower your userbase the more million sellers you have.

/sarcasm off..



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !